On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 09:56:13 +0530 "Rahul Tidke" <rahul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2008/tc20081130_276152.htm > > Any comments from Fedora community?? Well, I think he makes some interesting points, but he's drawing a broad generalization from very little presented data. And, as other intelligent people have pointed out in the thread (and as the article author kind of pointed out, but ignored to a large degree, perhaps for reasons of sensationalism--and it worked, look how long this thread is) open-source is a development model, not a business model. However, I run a business (Everything Solved, Inc.) that is supported entirely by providing services related to open-source software. It's been quite successful for several years. So that's one counter-example. If he's saying, "The words 'open-source' aren't a genie in a bottle," then yeah, he's right, but I think we've all known that since 2000. The bubble was a long time ago now, folks. :-) As always, you can't just go around stealing VCs' money and not *selling* anything and expect your business to go anywhere. Big news. :-) There's no real get-rich-quick in the world, there's only "work hard, be smart, be well-organized, be lucky, and maybe you'll get rich". -Max -- http://www.everythingsolved.com/ Competent, Friendly Bugzilla and Perl Services. Everything Else, too. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
